From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932526AbVHaTOw (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:14:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932527AbVHaTOv (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:14:51 -0400 Received: from rwcrmhc14.comcast.net ([204.127.198.54]:40871 "EHLO rwcrmhc12.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932526AbVHaTOv (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:14:51 -0400 Subject: Re: State of Linux graphics From: Jim Gettys Reply-To: jg@freedesktop.org To: Allen Akin Cc: Discuss issues related to the xorg tree , lkml In-Reply-To: <20050831190610.GF27940@tuolumne.arden.org> References: <9e47339105083009037c24f6de@mail.gmail.com> <1125422813.20488.43.camel@localhost> <20050831063355.GE27940@tuolumne.arden.org> <1125510491.12626.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050831190610.GF27940@tuolumne.arden.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:14:50 -0400 Message-Id: <1125515690.13612.9.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Well, I'm sure you'll keep us honest... ;-). - Jim On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 12:06 -0700, Allen Akin wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 01:48:11PM -0400, Jim Gettys wrote: > | Certainly replicating OpenGL 2.0's programmability through Render makes > | no sense at all to me (or most others, I believe/hope). If you want to > | use full use of the GPU, I'm happy to say you should be using OpenGL. > > When expressed that way, as a question of whether you're using the GPU > all-out, I think it's easy for everyone to agree. But we also need to > beware of the slippery slope where functionality gets duplicated a piece > at a time. > > This has already happened in several areas, so it remains a concern. > For me at least. :-) > > Allen